YOS 20, 067 (P296759)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02183 + MLC 02206

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of share in house plot property of Anu, bit ritti)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

90.0 mm × 107.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of share in house plot property of Anu, bit ritti)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.131.02.03 date restored from duplicate BiMes 24, 22. 31 of year preserved
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296759
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296759

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	90.0 mm × 107.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	50% (Surface: Poor) all sides severely damaged; baked

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 02183 + MLC 02206
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002129 + BC-002152

References

primary: YOS 20, 67

[Doty2012YOS20] Doty, L. Timothy, and Ronald Wallenfels. 2012. Cuneiform Documents from Hellenistic Uruk. Yale Oriental Series. Babylonian Texts, Vol. 20. New Haven: Yale University Press.
citation: NABU 1992/027

[Wallenfels1992NABU27] Wallenfels, Ronald. 1992. “BiMes24. Additional Duplicates and Joins.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1992 (1).
citation: BiMes 24, 22

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-09-20 at 12:55:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 067 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296759.

YOS 20, 067 artifact entry (No. P296759). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296759 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 067 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296759 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {YOS 20, 067 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296759},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296759},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 067 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296759.

YOS 20, 067 artifact entry (No. P296759). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296759 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 067 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296759 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {YOS 20, 067 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296759},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296759},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P296759
M1  - 2026/9/5/
TI  - YOS 20, 067 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296759
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